"Martina Hingis as her partner, and reached an additional Grand Slam women's doubles final at the 2000 Australian Open, also partnering Hingis. She also won the mixed doubles event at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi. Pierce won 18 WTA singles titles and 10 WTA doubles titles, including five Tier I singles events. She also twice reached the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships, most recently in 2005. Mary Pierce was born in Montreal, Canada, to Yannick Adjaj and Jim Pierce. Her mother is French and her father American, qualifying Pierce for citizenship in all three countries."
"where she retired in the first round to Jill Craybas; she was the champion in 1995, making her the first (and so far only) player to win both the championship and wooden spoon at the very same Grand Slam tournament. As of October 2013, Pierce lives in Black River, Mauritius where she teaches tennis. In the early 2000s, Pierce wore Nike apparel and used Yonex racquets on court. Mary Pierce Mary Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a retired tennis professional. She represented France internationally in team competitions and in the Olympics. Pierce won four Grand Slam titles: two in"
"Mary Pierce Mary Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a retired tennis professional. She represented France internationally in team competitions and in the Olympics. Pierce won four Grand Slam titles: two in singles, one in doubles and one in mixed doubles. She reached six Grand Slam singles finals, most recently at the US Open and French Open in 2005. Her Grand Slam singles titles came at the 1995 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open; Pierce is the last French player, male or female, to win the latter title. She won the doubles event at the 2000 French Open with"
"She was raised in the United States and represented France in international tennis competitions. She speaks English and French fluently, and lives in Mauritius as of June 2018. Pierce was briefly engaged to baseball player Roberto Alomar in 1999 and later to Air France pilot David Emmanuel Ades, but broke off both engagements. Pierce had a difficult relationship with her father, who had developed a reputation as an abusive tennis father in the early stages of Pierce's career. Pierce refused to speak with him for a while, but eventually reconciled. Pierce considers herself a born again Christian. After a loss"
"Sanda Mamić Sanda Mamić (born 22 March 1985 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a retired professional female tennis player from Croatia. In Seoul she would qualify and lose again in the quarterfinals to Anne Kremer. After qualifying at Moscow, Mamić notched her best win to date versus World No. 28 Mary Pierce, winning 6–0, 6–4. She would later lose in the second round to Elena Dementieva. In May 2004, Mamić had her Grand Slam debut, reaching the main draw at the French Open through qualifying. She would lose in the first round. Later in the year, she had her"
"match partnering Els Callens against the Slovak Republic. She is very close friends with Kim Clijsters. She made herself unavailable for selection in Fed Cup tie against China in 2007, because she wished to attend the wedding of Clijsters and American basketball player Brian Lynch that week-end (14 July 2007) instead. Caroline Maes Caroline Maes (born 9 November 1982 in Dendermonde, Belgium) is a former Belgian tennis player. Maes is active in the singles game since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved on the WTA-ranking in singles is 151st on 28 May 2007. In doubles"
"this split from her father, Pierce was coached by Nick Bollettieri, whose tennis academy she had briefly attended as a teenager in 1988. Her brother David was also Pierce's regular coach until 2006. German Aguero, founder of Future Tennis Champs, can also be attributed to the early success of Mary as he took her in for several years and coached her free of charge. Pierce reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the 1994 French Open. She conceded just ten games en-route to the final, which included a 6–2, 6–2 defeat of world No. 1 Steffi Graf in the"
"was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1986 Birthday Honours for services to Lawn Tennis. In 1989, Wade was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. Wade now lives in the USA although keeps a cottage and the family home in Kent. (Source: WTA) SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number played. Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade, (born 10 July 1945) is a former professional tennis player from"
"Cemetery, Staten Island, next to her parents. Mary was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981. In 2018, the ""New York Times"" published a belated obituary for her as part of the Overlooked history project. Mary Ewing Outerbridge Mary Ewing Outerbridge (February 16, 1852 – May 3, 1886) was an American woman who imported the lawn game tennis to the United States from Bermuda. Mary was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bermudians Alexander Ewing Outerbridge (1816–1900) and Laura Catherine Harvey (1818–1867), who had married in Paget, Bermuda, in 1840, and had moved their growing family to the"
"1967. She also partnered with Hingis to win the women's doubles crown, their second Grand Slam tournament of the year after the Australian Open. Her ranking dropped to No. 130 at the end of 2001 and reached almost 300 in April 2002. Pierce helped France win the Fed Cup for a second time in 2003 by defeating the United States in the final. After a few quiet years on the tour, Pierce won her first title since the 2000 French Open at the Ordina Open on grass, in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands in 2004. At the Olympics in Athens, Pierce defeated"
"in early 2000 she felt ""empty and miserable"", but then she says she ""gave my life to Jesus and was born again... things in me changed instantly."" Pierce started playing tennis at the age ten. Two years after being introduced to tennis, for girls aged 12 and under she was ranked No. 2 in the country. In April 1989 at a WTA tournament in Hilton Head, Pierce became the youngest American player (prior to Jennifer Capriati in 1990) to make her debut on the professional tour, aged 14 years and 2 months. Due to her physicality and aggressive approach, her"
"Mary Sawyer (tennis) Mary Sawyer (born 11 June 1957) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Sawyer comes from Perth and is of Irish descent, with her father an immigrant from Ireland. A two-time winner of the Irish Open, Sawyer beat former Wimbledon and US Open champion Maria Bueno in the 1977 final, then won the event again the following year. Her most notable performance was a semi-final appearance at the 1979 Australian Open. Previously twice a quarter-finalist, she began the tournament with a first round upset over top seed Virginia Ruzici. This was the first occasion that a"
"Caroline Maes Caroline Maes (born 9 November 1982 in Dendermonde, Belgium) is a former Belgian tennis player. Maes is active in the singles game since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved on the WTA-ranking in singles is 151st on 28 May 2007. In doubles she got to the 135rd place on 11 February 2008. She has yet to win her first WTA-tournament, but has won eight ITF-tournaments in singles and nine in doubles. Her last and most important ITF-title was the 2007 $100,000 Rome – Tiro A Volo tournament on 19 May, defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer"
"of the same tournament, Pera knocked out 9th seed Johanna Konta of Great Britain. In the third round she was beaten by Barbora Strýcová. Bernarda Pera Bernarda Pera ( ; ; born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian–American tennis player. Pera has won eight singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 73. Pera made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 US Open, having received a wildcard with Tornado Alicia Black in the doubles tournament. She made her Grand Slam singles main draw debut"
"The break turned out to be permanent as she never returned to the tour. Mary Sawyer (tennis) Mary Sawyer (born 11 June 1957) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Sawyer comes from Perth and is of Irish descent, with her father an immigrant from Ireland. A two-time winner of the Irish Open, Sawyer beat former Wimbledon and US Open champion Maria Bueno in the 1977 final, then won the event again the following year. Her most notable performance was a semi-final appearance at the 1979 Australian Open. Previously twice a quarter-finalist, she began the tournament with a first"
"London. Soon after, she announced her retirement from competitive sports on 27 December 2012. Li was born on 9 August 1981 in Beijing, People's Republic of China, only daughter of a government official and a housewife. In 1990, Li was a student at the Beijing Shichahai Sports School. In 1994, she entered the Beijing provincial team and her skills in table tennis were recognised by Singaporean talent scouts. In 1996, she was invited to train in Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme, only returning to China once a year to visit her parents. She began representing Singapore internationally in"
"received commission the same day. Pierce became the third African-American to serve on the Second Circuit, following Thurgood Marshall and Amalya Lyle Kearse. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1990. His service was terminated on March 31, 1995, due to retirement. In 1978, Chief Justice Warren Burger appointed Pierce to serve on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. He also was the American Bar Association's Alternate Observer at the United Nations. In 1995 he retired from the federal judiciary in order to travel abroad and he became Director of the USAID-funded Cambodian Court Training Project Cambodia. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,"
"in Budapest. Kapros is also the co-founder (partners with Ágnes Szavay and Zsófia Gubacsi) of Happy Tennis a company offering a special tennis program for schools and kindergarten's in Hungary. Anikó Kapros Anikó Kapros (born 11 November 1983 in Budapest) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Kapros won the Junior's singles title at the Australian Open in 2000. She caused an upset at the French Open in 2002, when she, as a qualifier, upset 5th seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round. Her mother, Anikó Kéry, won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Munich"
"award four times (2003, 2010, 2016, 2018), and in December 2015, she was named Sportsperson of the Year by ""Sports Illustrated"" magazine. Williams was born in Saginaw, Michigan, to Oracene Price and Richard Williams, and is the youngest of Price's five daughters: half-sisters Yetunde, Lyndrea, and Isha Price, and full older sister Venus. She also has seven paternal half-siblings. When the children were young, the family moved to Compton, California, where Williams started playing tennis at the age of three. Her father home-schooled Serena and her sister, Venus. While he and subsequently her mother have been the official coaches, other"
"the fun, fashionable, sweet side of international tennis sensation Maria Sharapova."" A portion of all proceeds goes to the Maria Sharapova Foundation, Sharapova's charity. Sugarpova was launched worldwide in 2013. In February 2016, Sugarpova announced that it had partnered with Polish company ""Baron Chocolatier"" to make Sugarpova Premium Chocolates. Sugarpova also plans to extend its range to lifestyle products. (i) = Indoor General Specific Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (; born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player of Belarusian descent. A United States resident since 1994, Sharapova has competed on the WTA tour since 2001. She has"
"– scoring her first (and only) sevens. She was even more delighted by her four from Craig Revel Horwood."" Judy Murray Judith Mary Murray, OBE (née Erskine; born 8 September 1959) is a Scottish tennis coach. She is the mother of professional tennis players Jamie and Andy Murray. Murray was born on 8 September 1959 in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, the daughter of Eileen Shirley (""née"" Edney) and Roy Erskine, an optician and former footballer who had played for Stirling Albion in the 1950s. She says that growing up, there were no indoor tennis courts in Scotland, so she played"
"Open as an avenue at Roland Garros was named in her honor – ""Allée Mary Pierce"". She also helped with the social side to the French Open, taking part in the post-match ceremony after the women's final. Pierce was named as a member of the French Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On 21 July 2008, however, Pierce withdrew from the Olympics because of injury. Pierce, Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic are the only three women to win both the championship and the wooden spoon at a Grand Slam tournament. Pierce's wooden spoon came at the 2002 Australian Open,"
"May 1991, the daughter of Hungarian parents Gábor, a hotel manager, and Gabriella, a dentist. Her parents had emigrated separately from Hungary and met in Australia. One of Konta's grandfathers, Tamás Kertész (1929–1989), played football for Ferencvárosi TC; he won two international caps for Hungary in the 1950s and later coached the Ghana national team. Konta has a half sister, Eva Emese, from her father's previous marriage. Konta's childhood was spent in Collaroy on Sydney's Northern Beaches, where she was introduced to tennis at an after-school programme at the age of eight. When she was 14 she attended the Sanchez"
"Petra Mandula Petra Mandula (; born 17 January 1978) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia; in singles she was eliminated in the first round by fourth seed Conchita Martínez of Spain, in doubles she reached the quarterfinals partnering Katalin Marosi. Four years later, when Athens, Greece hosted the Games, she once again was defeated in the first round, this time by Patty Schnyder of Switzerland. She reached the quarterfinals at the 2001 French Open as a qualifier, winning seven straight matches and losing to eventual runner-up"
"the same time. She attended her first Paralympics in Athens, later saying that the toughest match was the semi-final game. Pintar went on to win the individual gold medal, making her well known in her home country. She went on to win a bronze medal at the 2004 World Para Table Tennis Championships in Montreux, Switzerland, and repeated that success at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Pintar stopped competing in 2014, and announced her formal retirement from table tennis in 2017. In the meanwhile, she had taken up work as a translator. Mateja Pintar Mateja Pintar (born July"
"a particular body of work for ""significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature"". Pierce was born in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania in Fayette County, on December 13, 1954. Her mother wanted to name her ""Tamara"" but the nurse who filled out her birth certificate misspelled it as ""Tamora"". When she was five her sister Kimberly (on whom she based Alanna) was born and a year later her second sister, Melanie, was born. From the time she was five until she was eight, she lived in Dunbar. In June 1963 she and her family moved to California. They first lived in"
"Paris, New York and Bali. Her favorite movie is Dirty Dancing, and her favorite author is Danielle Steele. She also owns a St. Bernard named Fanny. Zsófia Gubacsi Zsófia Gubacsi (born 6 April 1981) is a former Hungarian professional tennis player. She won one WTA Tour singles title at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca in 2001. Gubacsi was originally coached by Jozsef Hegedus, but he would later be replaced by Attila Door. She was born to parents Julianna (née Harangozo) and Mihaly Gubacsi, who own a hotel. She is a baseline player who likes all"
"ballstriking was compared to that of Capriati, and she quickly gained a reputation for being one of the hardest hitters on the women's circuit. Her dad developed an interest in the sport after Mary commenced coaching, and became her coach for many years. She won her first WTA Tour singles tournament in July 1991 in Palermo by defeating Sandra Cecchini in the final. In July 1993, Pierce successfully filed for a restraining order against her father, who was known to be verbally abusive to his daughter and her opponents, and was banned by the WTA from attending her tournaments. Following"
"has since moved to Denmark, where her husband is from. In 2017 she began working as a coach at the Lyngby Tennis Club in Copenhagen. Paulette Moreno Paulette Moreno Hjorth (born 12 March 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Hong Kong. Moreno was a national champion in Hong Kong at the age of 13 in 1982. She made her debut for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team in 1985 and won a doubles match against West Germany that year. Another of her doubles wins came against Sweden in 1987, when she and Patricia Hy teamed up to claim"
"Alexandra Pierce Alexandra Pierce (born February 21, 1934) is an American composer, pianist, music theorist, movement educator, author, and Emerita Research Professor of Music and Movement at the University of Redlands. Born and raised in Philadelphia, her family later moved to Washington, D.C., where she studied piano with contemporary music specialist, Margaret Tolson. She received a Bachelor of Music, Phi Beta Kappa (1955), from the University of Michigan, where she majored in piano performance and medieval history; a Master of Music in piano performance from the New England Conservatory of Music (1958); a Master of Arts in music history from"
"runner-up finish at the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida and a semifinal finish in Hamburg, the highlight of the year for Pierce was her first appearance in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Pierce was back in the Australian Open singles final in 1997, where she lost to Martina Hingis in straight sets. She also lost in that year's WTA Tour Championships final to Jana Novotná. Pierce was a member of the French team that won the 1997 Fed Cup, and her only title that season was the Italian Open, defeating Conchita Martínez in the final. Pierce won the Comeback"
"all won medals for Chile at the 2018 South American Games. Ana María Arias Ana María Arias Pinto Bravo (born 24 July 1946) is a former professional tennis player from Chile. Arias is originally from Argentina, which she represented when she started playing on tour in the 1960s. She made the round of 16 at the 1970 French Open as a qualifier and was runner-up in the doubles at the 1971 Swedish Open, partnering Linda Tuero. In the early 1970s she married Chilean tennis player Jaime Pinto Bravo and began competing for her husband's country, including in two Federation Cup"
"Sophie Amiach Sophie Amiach (born 10 November 1963) is a former professional tennis player from France who played on the WTA tour from 1980 to 1995. Currently, she provides commentary on professional tennis. Born in Paris, Sophie Amiach grew up in the south of France. Having started playing tennis at 4 years old, she becomes one of the best French juniors. She won the first junior girls doubles at French Open in 1981. Amiach was selected in the 1981 French team of the Fed Cup. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1984 and played in 10 French"